Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 343 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

1. 1.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
4. 4.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
5. 5.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
27. 27.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
39. 39.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all

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